• Jacinta A. Opara

  Author

The role of resources in teaching and learning process in schools cannot be
emphasized. As a developing country, Nigeria is striving to improve its education system for the
knowledge era. Resource utilization, curriculum innovation and professional development
courses are integral to improve educational practices as they empower teachers with knowledge
and skills required for integrating education and society. Such moves and actions need to be
guided with research. The education practices in Nigeria need to be sound and grounded. This
paper is concerned with the importance of the use of resources for effective understanding of
school science with special reference to biology. It identified necessary resources, constraints
and how to select and use resources for effective teaching and learning of biology. The selection
and utilization of any resources depends on the specific features of a particular topic. Therefore,
different sets of resources and strategies are needed to teach different topics.

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